Influence of Seri-waste bio-digester on biochemical constituents, growth and yield of mulberry

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted to study the influence of seri waste biodigester on growth and yield parameters of V1 mulberry at department of sericulture during 2017-18. The results indicated that, application of 50% Seri Bio-digester effluent + 25% Biodigester effluent + 25% RDF (T4) increased the mulberry yield attributing parameters viz., plant height (163.19 cm), number of branches per plant (13.32), number of leaves per branch (33.00), leaf area (208.33 dM2) and leaf yield (1012.33 g/plant) per plant compared to control. Significant increase in leaf moisture, total chlorophyll, crude protein and crude fibre was observed in T4 treatment compared to all other treatments. Application of 50% Seri Bio-digester effluent + 25% Biodigester effluent + 25% RDF significantly increased both biochemical constituents and yield parameters of mulberry leaves.